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Ankara to talk with Taliban over Kabul airport
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Taliban should end the occupation of their brothers' soil and played down a warning from the militant group of consequences if Turkish troops remain in Afghanistan to run Kabul airport.
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Afghan-Taliban peace talks fail to reach breakthrough
The latest round of intra-Afghan negotiations failed to deliver a breakthrough, with the Afghan government and the Taliban vowing in a joint statement on July 19 to meet again and expedite high-level peace talks in Doha, Qatar.
Turkey's foreign minister, US envoy discuss Afghan peace
The Turkish foreign minister said on July 15 that he discussed Afghan peace with U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met Zalmay Khalilzad during his visit to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Çavuşoğlu tweeted that he "exchanged views on the Afghan peace process and regional developments."
"It is a mistake"; The evacuation commenced
U.S. troops were sent to Afghanistan by George W. Bush in 2001, with the aim of destroying the training camps for al-Qaeda terrorists after the terrorist attacks on September 11.
Since leaving the White House in 2009 after two terms, Bush has rarely commented on the moves of three later presidents, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and now Joe Biden, the Voice of America reported.
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US to start evacuating some under-threat Afghan visa applicants
The United States this month will begin evacuating from Afghanistan applicants for special immigration visas whose lives are at risk because of work they did with the U.S. government as translators and in other roles.
The White House on July 14 said the evacuation, called Operation Allies Refuge, would start during the last week of July.
Europe Apprehensive of New Migration Wave after US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden's decision to pull out from Afghanistan combined with the increasing advancement of Taliban insurgents has caused severe headaches in Brussels, as Europe fears a new migration wave from the east, an EU diplomat told EURACTIV.
The symbolic end of the war?
He handed over the duty during a solemn ceremony in Kabul, which brought the United States one step closer to the final end of the longest war in the history of America.
The handover took place as Taliban forces continued to march and occupy territories throughout Afghanistan.
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Afghan family stranded at Istanbul Airport for three weeks
Sixteen members of an Afghan family have been stranded at Istanbul Airport for three weeks after escaping their country amid ongoing negotiations on the specific mechanisms of achieving lasting peace between the Afghan government and Taliban after U.S. troops permanently pull out by September.
Taliban claim to control 85 percent of Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed on July 9 to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan after seizing key border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan, part of a sweeping offensive launched as US troops pull out of the war-torn nation.
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Biden sets Aug 31 for US exit from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden said on July 8 the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives even as he bluntly acknowledged there will be no "mission accomplished" moment to celebrate.
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